foreign correspondent

American  

noun

1. a correspondent, as for a periodical, assigned to send back articles and news dispatches from a foreign country for publication.

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foreign correspondent British  

noun

1. journalism a reporter who visits or resides in a foreign country in order to report on its affairs

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Example Sentences

Holly Williams: Williams has been a foreign correspondent working out of Istanbul since 2012.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Shan Li is a foreign correspondent covering India and the surrounding region for The Wall Street Journal's New Delhi bureau.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

And they have a thick skin - something a foreign correspondent needs here.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

For decades, the rich, warm tones of Sir Mark were familiar to BBC audiences in Britain and around the world - a much-admired foreign correspondent and respected reporter and commentator on India.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

And conversely, if you take the Great Unity of All-Being as your unit, and proceed by division, you arrive at the result shown by your foreign correspondent.

From The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science by Troward, T. (Thomas)